This weekend reading this book just out! Neuroinflammation, Gut-Brain Axis and Immunity in Neuropsychiatric Disorders link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9… Examines interactions between cytokines, glia, and neurons in the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric disorders

From the sounds of it, we are under attack by a pack of barn owls.

When you discover that someone else is already publishing under your preferred imprint name. . . And it's a conspiracy theorist.

This Emily Dickinson poem--which I think is about migraine--is such a powerful poem about ontological complexities of chronic illness itself: poetryfoundation.org/poems/45706/i-…

Tim Henrich from University of California shows the many, many viruses that have long-term sequelae. 2/

Annie Dillard does it again, with the sentences perfectly assembled. (An American Childhood)

Entangled with myself today Johns Hopkins APL Got to see quantum computer in action at 10 milliKel

My piece to healthcare leaders and physicians in this summer's edition of Health Progress magazine. I hope I represented our #chronicillness community well. So grateful to Julie Rehmeyer and It'sME(Jaime) for their openness and insights: chausa.org/publications/h…

Read half in a day. This is bone chilling account of what those of us semi-prof patients long suspected. The whole system is built on an illusion; both patients and providers suffer and die because of it.

I'm gonna need all of you to start playing DIGITS so that The New York Times doesn't cancel it. 🙏😭🥺

Every person who's sold a company knows the distinct pain of watching what you built be turned into something else.

More than half of Americans has at least one chronic disease. Tricia Steele ☀️ writes in #HealthProgress that by changing the approach, beliefs and support system for patients with #ChronicIllness, they and their providers can benefit. ow.ly/ENwI50Pvjmj #CatholicHealth

I keep hearing Ka'eo's "Astronomers don't give a shit about people" as I watch news of the #MauiFire and see what community leaders are doing versus the response from the science community sitting on this land with its telescopes and sensors. thesciencewriter.org/resilience-sto…

Loved joining the CatholicHealthAssoc Health Calls podcast for conversation about #chronicillness and the things healthcare providers may not realize. …lic-health-usa-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/what-…

In this #CHAHealthCalls episode, author Tricia Steele ☀️ discusses with CHA's Betsy Taylor how patients with #ChronicIllnesses face specific barriers to achieving #healthcare. 👂Listen: chausa.org/podcast 👉 Read Tricia's article in #HealthProgress: ow.ly/8qtT50PBYaE

I'm looking for an Encephalitis patient that benefited from use of PET scan for a story assignment. Can my network help find someone?

"The consumption of fossil fuels is our modern chronic illness" This piece is stunning orionmagazine.org/article/diabet…

"In the midst of emergency care, you keep accepting new stages: oh, we're evaluating the size of scar tissue now. This morning I was collecting bugs with my son and now it's good that I might be attached to a tube for two days with only a little scar" medium.com/the-memoirist/…

When I saw the little girl playing in the Chicago airport, I didn’t know her mom would soon leave her with me. And I definitely didn’t know that twenty years later, thousands of strangers would completely redefine what the memory even meant. medium.com/beloved/a-stra…